On Tuesday
January
12,
2010
at about
5:00PM a
7.0
earthquake
hit
the
island
of
Haiti
just
10 miles to
the
southwest
of the
capital
city of
Port au
Prince.
This has
devastated
a
large
part of
the city
and
surrounding areas
where about 3 million
of the 9 million total
people reside. The
death toll has
reached
in
excess of
200,000
people.
What must be done NOW?
- The first priority now is to provide food and safe shelter.
- The second priority is to continue medical assistance.
- The third priority is to begin rebuilding Haitian lives.
How can you help?
- You can contribute right here and
we will provide medical assistance,
housing, food, and whatever is needed to
rebuild Haitian lives.
What is Practical Compassion
doing?
- We will be adding updates below as often as we can so please
come
back
to
visit
and
tell
all your
friends to
visit our site
as
well.
- We sent a medical team to Haiti on February 23, 2010 and
held medical clinics that served over 500
people at 4 different
locations.
- We are moving forward with plans to rebuild the orphanage at
Leurboug which was damaged by the
earthquake. Additional housing will be required since it grew
from 38 children to 57
as a
result of the earthquake and is
projected
to grow to
100.
